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V.B. Price

V.B. Price is editor and co-founder of New Mexico Mercury. He is the former editor of Century Magazine and New Mexico Magazine, former city editor of the New Mexico Independent, and long-time columnist for the late Albuquerque Tribune. His latest book is The Orphaned Land: New Mexico’s Environment Since the Manhattan Project. He retired as the editor of the Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry Series at UNM Press in 2010. He has taught in the UNM Honors Program since l986.

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Insight New Mexico - Debra Haaland

24. July 2014

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By V.B. Price Insight New Mexico - Debra Haaland

V.B. Price talks with Debra Haaland, Democratic candidate for Lt. Governor.

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Provincial Matters, 7-21-2014

21. July 2014

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By V.B. Price Provincial Matters, 7-21-2014

V.B. Price's weekly collection of appreciations and observations.

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Insight New Mexico - Mimi Stewart

17. July 2014

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By V.B. Price Insight New Mexico - Mimi Stewart

V.B. Price talks with Rep. Mimi Stewart about the education reforms enacted by the Susana Martinez administration. Rep. Stewart is a former teacher with 30 years of experience and who currently chairs the Education Committee in the New Mexico House of Representatives.

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Five Questions with New Mexico Authors – David L. Caffey

16. July 2014

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By V.B. Price

This week we ask author David L. Caffey some questions about his detailed, fast moving and fascinating book called Chasing the Santa Fe Ring: Power and Privilege in Territorial New Mexico, from UNM Press, 2014...

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Provincial Matters, 7-14-2014

14. July 2014

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By V.B. Price Provincial Matters, 7-14-2014

V.B. Price's weekly collection of appreciations and observations.

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Insight New Mexico - Arturo Sandoval

10. July 2014

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By V.B. Price Insight New Mexico - Arturo Sandoval

V.B. Price talks with Arturo Sandoval, President and founder of the Center for Southwest Culture, about the sustainability of the organization and its many community projects.

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Provincial Matters, 7-7-2014

07. July 2014

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By V.B. Price Provincial Matters, 7-7-2014

V.B. Price's weekly collection of appreciations and observations. 

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Insight New Mexico: Cisco McSorley

03. July 2014

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By V.B. Price Insight New Mexico: Cisco McSorley

V.B. Price talks with New Mexico Senator Cisco McSorley about the ABQ Journal's biased coverage, the governor's race, rewriting New Mexico's criminal code and more. 

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Provincial Matters, 6-30-2014

30. June 2014

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By V.B. Price Provincial Matters, 6-30-2014

V.B. Price's weekly collection of appreciations and observations.

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Five Questions with New Mexico Authors - Tanya Ward Goodman

26. June 2014

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This week we ask author Tanya Ward Goodman some questions about the creative genius of her father, Ross Ward,  about the cascading impact on her family of his early on-set Alzheimer’s disease, and about her superbly crafted and deeply moving memoir Leaving Tinkertown from UNM Press, 2014.

NNM: Your storytelling power has made Leaving Tinkertown one of those books readers return to, savor, and use to help understand their own lives. We wondered what access the book has given you to other families and healthcare communities  who’ve experienced both the torments of early onset Alzheimer’s disease and are working to find a treatment that works?

TWG: Since the book came out there have been so many opportunities to meet people in the Alzheimer’s community...

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